Wednesday, 13 May 2009

Police Blotter: 13 May 2009


Written by NETH PHEAKTRA
Wednesday, 13 May 2009

WOMAN ATTEMPTS SUICIDE, INFANTICIDE
A woman carrying her 7-month-old daughter attempted suicide by jumping off the Chroy Changvar bridge in Prey Veng province on Monday. The 20-year-old woman told police that she was a victim of domestic violence and that her husband did not give her enough money for her daily needs.
RASMEY KAMPUCHEA

MAN HELD IN GANG-RELATED KILLING
Police have arrested and charged a man involved in a dispute between two rival gangs. He is suspected of fatally stabbing Morn Kea, 24, on Saturday. Two groups from different villages were dancing in the same pagoda when the fight erupted in Boribo district, Kampong Chhnang province.
RASMEY KAMPUCHEA

10-man gang held on theft charges
On Saturday the Phnom Penh police arrested 10 men on suspicion of multiple robberies and drugs charges. Police said that three of the suspects have confessed to stealing eight motorbikes, three televisions, rice and US$700 in Tuol Kork district. No official charges have been filed.
RASMEY KAMPUCHEA

MAN CONFESSES TO GIRL’S RAPE
Ret Run, 22, has confessed to raping a 13-year-old girl in Mong Russei district, Battambang province, on Friday. The man admitted to raping the girl three times while she went into the field to look after cows. He told police that the father knew of the incidents and said that he had paid the girl 5,000 riels (US$1.25). Police have charged the man under Article 42 of the Anti-human Trafficking Law.
KAMPUCHEA THMEY

BLIND MAN HELD ON MURDER CHARGE
A blind man wanted on murder charges was arrested on Friday in Somrong Torng district, Kampong Speu province. Hun Nop, 21, was one of a group of eight suspects wanted by Kampong Speu police for a December 2008 killing.
KAMPUCHEA THMEY

AUSTRALIAN TOURIST DIES ON MOTORBIKE
Chok Soeung, a Khmer expatriate who lived in Australia, was killed in a road accident on Friday while visiting Cambodia. The man’s motorbike was struck from behind by a Hyundai while travelling on National Road 5 in Pursat province.
KOH SANTEPHEAP

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